Edward Snowden completely abandoned girlfriend, says her father [View all]

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Source: The Telegraph

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Edward Snowden's girlfriend was "left to fend for herself" when the former NSA contractor gave up their Hawaiian life together to disclose the scale of America's surveillance state, her father has said.

Mr Snowden did not leave any financial provisions for Lindsay Mills when he departed for Hong Kong, telling her that he was on a business trip and would return in a few weeks, Jonathan Mills said.

The 28-year-old Ms Mills has not spoken publicly in the seven months since their lives together were upended by Mr Snowden's to go public with thousands of classified documents.

In an interview at his home outside Washington, Mr Mills said his only daughter was still "trying to make sense of everything and come up with a plan for herself". Mr Snowden had not been in contact with her since leaving Hong Kong for Russia, where he has been granted temporary asylum, Mr Mills said.

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